Prof Dyllon Randall (Civ. Eng.)

Dr Dyllon Randall is a registered Professional Engineer and has a PhD in Chemical Engineering from UCT (2010). He joined the Civil Engineering Department in 2017 as a Senior Lecturer in Water Quality Engineering. He worked previously for the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) where his research focused on the stabilization and treatment of source-separated urine (2015 – 2016). He has also worked for Aurecon, in both their Cape Town and Tshwane offices (2013-2014). His research interests include sustainable sanitation; urine stabilization and treatment; resource recovery from wastewater; mine water treatment; freeze crystallization and crystallization & precipitation.

In this video, Dyllon describes some innovative ways to collect urine while also making fertilizer from it. He also demonstrates how bio-solids can be “grown” from the urea present in urine.